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TY Julian,

guests are:

Steph
Ed
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Updated draft of the placemats.
    • Jeff H. Ghi;
    • Stephanie Y. Ghi;
    • Ed;
    • Alex H. Bridgeman;
    • Jacob G. Head;
    • Ray L. Cook;
    • Tom H. R. Archer.
Ed who?
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jdaw1 wrote:Updated draft of the placemats.
    • Jeff H. Ghi;
    • Stephanie Y. Ghi;
    • Ed;
    • Alex H. Bridgeman;
    • Jacob G. Head;
    • Ray L. Cook;
    • Tom H. R. Archer.
Ed who?
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Updated draft of the placemats.
  • Edward Yee.
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are there any other wines stores within the city with not so eye watering prices like BBR? =)

Oh, any one live near Warwick, Warwickshire?
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g-man wrote:are there any other wines stores within the city with not so eye watering prices like BBR? =)

Oh, any one live near Warwick, Warwickshire?
Try Corney & Barrow, El Vino, Davys, Uncorked, Soho WInes, Justerini & Brooks, Farrs, Bibendum, Roberson, Fortnum & Mason, Lea & Sandeman, Waitrose in Canary Wharf...

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okay i'll be shipping alex some mystery bottles for the event ;-)

they all shouldn't require a long decant.

Ie pop and pour so we can keep alex guessing in the dark too.
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g-man wrote:okay i'll be shipping alex some mystery bottles for the event
Presumably those being brought by JHG, SYG and EY. Or are more glass spaces needed?
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g-man wrote:Ie pop and pour so we can keep alex guessing in the dark too.
I can arrange a decanting service where the bottles are decanted about 12 hours ahead of us meeting up - but not by me. Let me know if you're interested.
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AHB wrote:
g-man wrote:Ie pop and pour so we can keep alex guessing in the dark too.
I can arrange a decanting service where the bottles are decanted about 12 hours ahead of us meeting up - but not by me. Let me know if you're interested.
does the restaurant have decanters?

I would imagine the bottles i'm interested in don't need decanting.
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g-man wrote:does the restaurant have decanters?

I would imagine the bottles i'm interested in don't need decanting.
They have a couple of decanters, but we tend to use water jugs to make decanting easy.
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are there any other wines stores within the city with not so eye watering prices like BBR? =)
I could furnish a bottle for adoption at moderate cost, if requested..

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uncle tom wrote:
are there any other wines stores within the city with not so eye watering prices like BBR? =)
I could furnish a bottle for adoption at moderate cost, if requested..

Tom
Up to you Tom, is there something in your cellar that you'd like to try? In which case I'd buy 1 less bottle to ship to mr. Al B.
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Up to you Tom, is there something in your cellar that you'd like to try?
I currently have 443 different vintage ports in my cellar. What would you like to try.. :D

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uncle tom wrote:I currently have 443 different vintage ports in my cellar. What would you like to try.. :D
I’d better add a double-magnum of Sandeman 1897 to the placemats.
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Hi there,

if still possible i would like to attend as well. Please let me know.

regards

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Updated draft of the placemats.
  • +Wolfgang;
  • So eight bottles:
    1. Jeff,
    2. Steph,
    3. Ed,
    4. Alex,
    5. Jacob,
    6. Ray
    7. Tom, and
    8. Wolfgang.
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8 people means that we need to relocate from the Meeting Room to one of the tunnels. I shall call The Crusting Pipe tomorrow and see if we can move.
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There is a space labelled ‟Jeff”. Should I add another labelled ‟JHG”? (With Wolfgang it is already two pages.)
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jdaw1 wrote:There is a space labelled ‟Jeff”. Should I add another labelled ‟JHG”? (With Wolfgang it is already two pages.)
i thought it was to alleviate confusion from JGH =)

but I'm happy to be JHG as those are my given initials.
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g-man wrote:i thought it was to alleviate confusion from JGH =)

but I'm happy to be JHG as those are my given initials.
You were unsure of how many who was bringing. Please check most recent draft of placemats and confirm all-round happiness.
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Ah ha,

yes, there should be 4 bottles in attendance from me.

so you can have an extra jhg circle for the 4th bottle.
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Updated draft of the placemats.
  • +Extra glass space, ‟JHG”;
  • Please check carefully.
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no extra glass circle for the extra bottle?

btw, if we're doing blind, shouldn't the cirlces have perhaps an alphabetical name instead of our names?

Or are we doing a blind where we let other people guess what we brought?
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